Nearly 1,000 non-tenured faculty at NYU walked off the job for two days this spring. Peter Cole reports that they returned with a strong first contract: minimum $14,000 raises, annual increases and long-term employment guarantees.

Whether you’re working part-time or on track for your first career, LABR 1P94 gives you tools to recognize problems and assert your rights work. #BrockU

The Ontario government and the province's teacher unions are about to enter a round of collective bargaining. Here's what you need to know as negotiations get underway, featuring commentary by @profsavage.bsky.social & @stephross.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/shorts/DNgrK... #onted #canlab #onpoli

Calandra's “labour peace” narrative sounds more like selective amnesia. His government has clashed with every major education union. A united front from education union is key to countering Ford's usual divide-and-conquer strategy. #onpoli #canlab www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Study AI, automation, gig work and more in LABR 1P97: The Future of Work at #BrockU — open to all students and counts toward elective or Social Science context credit.

Big first-contract win for Mississauga Walmart workers, but to truly transform conditions longterm, unions will have to scale up, organize across multiple sites, and build real sectoral leverage. www.mississauga.com/news/mississ... #canlab

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the University of Manitoba for this year's annual conference! Mark your calendars for next year's conference to be held Jun 2-4, 2027 at Brock University in Ontario's Niagara Region. #canlab #LabourStudies

Big congratulations to my @brocklabour.bsky.social colleague Jordan House, a talented teacher and researcher, who will make an excellent leader for @cawls-acets.bsky.social. And a giant thanks to @profsmithsask.bsky.social who has passed the torch after 4 yrs as CAWLS president. #canlab

Registration at #BrockU opens soon. Choose from 4 different labour studies courses to fulfill elective or context degree requirements. brocku.ca/social-scien...

In a sharp rebuke to CUPW president Jan Simpson, postal workers overwhelming vote to ratify the tentative agreement she urged them to reject. www.thestar.com/business/pos... #canlab #cdnpoli

Postal workers overwhelmingly ratify tentative agreement with Canada Post. #canlab

Helpful analysis by Adam King and Niall Harney on the need for sectoral bargaining. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #canlab #mbpoli

My new CAUT Journal piece maps recent collective bargaining and strike innovations across Canada’s university sector. journal.caut.ca/index.php/ca... #canlab #cdnpse

I'm not even fifty and AI has already buried me six feet under. 💀

A new special edition of the CAUT Journal guest co-edited by @profsavage.bsky.social & Susan Spronk all about organizing for power in Canada’s university sector is now online! Read it at journal.caut.ca

Passing the structure test: Jane McAlevey’s vision for higher education workers #BrockU labour studies profs Jordan House and Paul Gray assess the utility of Jane McAlevey’s organizing model for higher education workers amidst ongoing crises in the sector. journal.caut.ca/index.php/ca... #canlab

A new organizing-themed issue of CAUT journal is out, co-edited by Susan Spronk and me, highlighting how academic staff associations are responding to austerity and restructuring through collective bargaining and strike innovations. journal.caut.ca/index.php/ca... #canlab #cdnpse

Ontario’s Bill 124 may be gone, but its ripple effects are on full display as thousands of @opseusefpo.bsky.social community and social service workers are now on strike, demanding fair wages and increased funding. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #canlab #onpoli

Sure, political staff are different from traditional public servants due to the nature of their work, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t employees. Collective bargaining isn’t a threat; it’s a basic safeguard for all workers. www.thestar.com/news/gta/sex... #canlab #topoli

Genuinely curious where the media and some unions got the idea that last week's CLC convention was the largest in the organization's history. In fact, the 2014 CLC convention featured over 4,600 delegates and was nearly twice the size of the 2026 convention. #canlab

The reflex to treat strikes as a public policy ‘problem’ instead of a democratic tool to rebalance power shows how Carney sees unions: disruptions to contain, not organizations workers rely on for fair wages, safety, and a voice. www.thestar.com/politics/fed... #canlab #cdnpoli

There's still time to register for Summer courses at Brock University. Check out what the Department of Labour Studies has to offer. 🌞🎓 #BrockU #LabourStudies #canlab

🚨Job Alert🚨 We’re hiring instructors for Fall 2026 and Winter 2027 courses. Courses are either in-person or online asynchronous. Deadline for applications is 11:59pm EST, May 30, 2026. Click the link below for more information and to apply. #canlab brocku.ca/social-scien...

#CLC2026 delegates chant no “two-tier” in response to a delegate’s speech in support of a resolution opposing the introduction of American-style healthcare in Alberta under Danielle Smith’s UCP government. #canlab #abpoli

The Unite CLC slate has been acclaimed at #CLC2026. #canlab

Bea Bruske acclaimed as CLC President. She was first elected in 2021. #clc2026 #canlab

#CLC2026 rally outside Union centre in Winnipeg. #canlab

Tribute to outgoing CLC officer Larry Rousseau ends with this performance! #CLC2026

#CLC2026 delegates approve "sustainable jobs" resolution that includes "expansion of jobs in the industrial and resource sectors, including the nuclear sector." In doing so, the Congress has seemingly abandoned its historical opposition to nuclear expansion. #canlab

Update: The #CLC2026 resolutions committee has accepted the proposed amendment from yesterday to add severing ties with the Histadrut to the resolution on Palestinian solidarity. Delegates are now debating the amended resolution. #canlab

Former CUPW president Mike Palacek opposes #CLC2026 action plan, calls for a rejection of “strategic litigation” in favour of “strategic industrial action.” Delegates deliver a standing ovation in response to his intervention. #canlab

MGEU president Kyle Ross speaks against the #CLC2026 action plan on building worker power on the basis that it’s too weak and lacks ambition. He’s delivered one of the more militant interventions by a labour leader at this convention. #canlab

#CLC2026 delegate asks about an update on Unifor-CLC relations and Bea Bruske had this to say👇 #canlab

Pablo Gody of UFCW talks to #CLC2026 delegates about the union breakthrough with Uber drivers in Victoria BC who recently recently ratified the first ever contract with the ride-hailing service in Canada. www.ufcw.org/actions/vict... #canlab

This morning’s action plan debate at #CLC2026 features the following statement about the need to grow the movement. No mention of bringing Unifor or the Teamsters back into the CLC, but I’m told discussions are ongoing behind the scenes. #canlab

The #CLC2026 credentials committee reports there are 2,160 delegates registered. At the 2014 CLC convention, that number was over 4,600. What accounts for the difference? No contested elections for officer positions + the loss of large affiliates like Unifor, #canlab

NDP Leader Avi Lewis calls for the permanent deletion of Section 107 (the power to end a legal strike) from the Canada Labour Code.

#CLC2026 delegates are debating a resolution on Palestinian solidarity. #canlab

Former BC NDP cabinet minister and CUPE National President Judy Darcy addresses the mental health crisis at #CLC2026 #canlab

Lewis salutes the work of unions fighting for human rights internationally and highlights the importance of banning surveillance pricing by giant corporation. #cdnpoli #canlab #CLC2026

Avi Lewis takes the stage at #CLC2026 and makes the case that workers and unions should be central to Canada’s economic and social response to trade policy and the affordability crisis. #cdnpoli #canlab

#CLC2026 votes down resolution to lower the threshold for “young worker” to 35 and under. #canlab

The first defeated resolution at #CLC2026 is a constitutional amendment that would have required presiding officers of national unions to sign off on resolutions submitted by locals. #canlab

Wab Kinew greeted with a standing ovation at #CLC2026 #mbpoli #canlab

#CLC2026 poised to adopt composite resolution committing the Congress to the following 👇 #canlab

Remember the CLC’s Together Fairness Works campaign launched in 2013? Popsicles featured prominently. Thirteen years later, the CLC is still paying off the debt from that campaign. #canlab #CLC2026

AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler tells #CLC2026 that Trump’s trade policy vis-a-vis Canada is wrongheaded. Calls for trade policy that centres workers. #canlab

A #CLC2026 resolution, submitted by the Acadie-Bathurst CUPW Local calling for a general strike to resist back-to-work orders, failed to win support from the resolutions committee. The committee recommends non-concurrence. #canlab

CLC Unite officer slate features Bea Bruske, Siobhán Vipond, Lily Chang & Marc-Edouard Joubert. #CLC2026 #canlab

Seating chart for the #CLC2026 convention reveals that public sector unions are a dominant force. Interestingly, CUPE is Canada’s largest union by far, but NUPGE has sent a much larger delegation. #canlab